Daylight begins to illuminate the Senate Ave yard job which is tied down on the tail track at the north end.
Rebuilt by ATSF and looking good in a second hand paint scheme. One of these lasted for years after the others as something like a mascot. I wonder what happened to it. Photo by Dave Petke, fro... (more)
The Avon turn heads back to Senate Ave with 9009 leading the way. Here they are passing Graffiti Trail, a local art studio here in Indy.
INRD 9012 leads an Avon bound train east former Belt Line trackage. INRD just recently started running stacks to CSX at Avon meaning more business for the Hoosier railroad.
A classic survivor in a classic paint sheme. Built for BN this unit endured grueling service and continues to do yeoman service in a somewhat less stressful environment. Weekend rest in beautifu... (more)
Built for PC in 1969 and looking much better than original, this unit is nicely posed in the Hoosier morning light on a cool and pleasant day. My kind of place, a yard out in the country. What's... (more)
A hot SAHW blasts out of Unionville Tunnel with its usual duo of SD90's leading the charge.
INRD 9010 passes the old PRR PL as it goes over the diamond at CP Dale. Dale was once where the PRR from Indy to Louisville crossed over the Indianapolis Belt Railway.
INRD 9010 leads INRD's Avon turn around the wye at CP IU and south out of downtown Indianapolis, Indiana.
A pair of Indiana Rail Road SD9043MACs pass an oil derrick in a field sprawling with spring flowers. The two locomotives are powering an eastbound train of freight from Palestine, IL to INRD's mai... (more)
INRD coal loads to Hoosier Energy at Merom slow to take the diverging route at Hoosier Junction, just west of Sullivan.
One of INRD's two slug sets leads the miscellaneous coal out of Bear Run. Although named the Bear Run to Hiawatha coal, this train now runs to Palestine. Former CNW coal cars are used, now stencil... (more)
INRD's Crane turn brings some empty military flats past a former Milwaukee depot to the Navy base at Crane.
A pair of 9043MACs take the SAHW across Tulip Trestle at Tulip, IN.
A pair of Indiana Railroad SD60s (ex-SOO) pull a loaded coal train across the former Milwaukee Road bridge spanning the Mississippi River.
